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12.05.15

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Mother’s Day Follow-Up: Why The Christie Kids DON’T Work For Mom

Open Jaw's mother's
day series
garnered plenty of positive attention and highlighted some very
successful mother/daughter and mother/son industry relationships – which raised
the question with some of our viewers... why don't any of Suzanne Christie's 3
offspring still work for their Mom at Open Jaw?

Taylor
and Jill were both employed by Open Jaw for brief time frames in sales roles
and to help with Winterboob. Taylor also covered events and wrote 'On the
Towns' for the site. Brett Christie provided as-needed office assistance, often
during the relationship-testing stress of preparing for and cleaning up from
WinterBoob.

Jill Christie apparently speaks for both
of her siblings regarding her decision to seek employment without blood ties.

“Although I enjoyed my time as an employee of Open Jaw, I ultimately decided
that it would be best to keep our relationship as mother/daughter vs.
boss/employee. There were no major meltdowns of dramatic scenes, but I felt I
needed to get out into the world and work for a real boss rather than a mom boss."

Taylor and Brett chimed in with their
wholehearted agreement: “My god, I could've written the exact same thing,"
Taylor said.

Jill softened her comments by adding: “I
always felt that I could return to Open Jaw if the time was right and if I felt
I could add value to the business."

But then she travelled with Mom Suzanne as
a filming and social media assistant for the recent christening of Uniworld's
S.S.
Maria Theresa
. During the trip, she surreptitiously filmed Suzanne in full
'
momster boss' flight. According to Suzanne: “This pretty much sums up
why she isn't working for me anymore."

A family dynasty does not appear to be in
the works, but there are no hard feelings on either side: “Love you all – even
though you won't work with me," says Suzanne.